Car-coupling



S. BROWN.

GAB. UOUPLING.

(ModeL) No. 263,849. Patented 88 m, 1882.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

I SAMUEL BROWN, OF, MANTON, MICHIGAN.

CAR-COUPLI NG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,849, datedSeptember 5, 1882.

Application filed April 25, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BROWN, of Manton, in the county of Wexfordand State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Goupling, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists in connecting the pin to an arm projecting from asliding rod on the end of the car and connecting the upper end of saidsliding rod to a lever on the end of the car, the other end ofwhichleveris connected to a rod extending to the top of the car, ashereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. A

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding partslinall the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the end of a freight-car with couplingdevice according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe draw-bar, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line as m, Fig. 2.

A represents the draw-bar, in which I inake the link-socket B, with thatpart 0 that is back of the pin-hole D just wide enough from top tobottom for the thickness of the link and extending backward far enoughto enable the link to be shifted back in said part 0 and be held uplevel beyond the mouth of the socket for entering the mouth of thedraw-bar of an approaching car; but from the pin-hole forward the socketis flared sufficiently to allow the requisite freedom of the link forall the vibrations to which it is subject when drawing the car.

For lifting the pin E and uncoupling the cars from the top, I connectsaid pin to the arm F,having hookaon its end, projecting forward fromthe vertically-slidin g rod G, fixed in V the guide H on the front endof the car, and

connected to a lever, I, pivoted to the front of the car at J andconnected to the working-rod K, which is extended to the top ot the carthrough guides L, so that a person on the top of the car may cut itloose at anytime by pressing down on the working-rod. The end will beset so as to hold the pin up when the link is to be entered forcoupling. Thus it will be seen that the ordinary liuk-and-pin couplingof common use may be both coupled and uncoupled withoutgoing betweenthecars. Any approved fastening device may be em- I'equired position.

I am aware of patents for car-couplings of R. S. Aurall, March 12, 1867,No. 62,803, Merrill and Kempt-on, October 17, 1873, No. 143,524, andAutey and Autey, April 12, 1881, No. 239,916, and I therefore lay noclaim to such construction, my invention being confined to the preciseconstruction and arrangement of parts pointed out in the claim, wherebyl dispense with the use of a weight to hold the couple, as in Auralls.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a car-coupling, thecombination,with the operating-rod K, sliding in keepers L, secured tothe end ofa car, and the lever I, pivoted to ployed to hold rod K andsecure the pin in the the end of the car, of theangular rod G F, passingthrough the guide H, secured to the end of the car and provided with thehook at at its outer end, and coupling-pin E, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

SAMUEL BROWN.

Witnesses:

J OHN L. DUS'ION,

JOHN U. HILL.

